Strategic Business Continuity & Recovery Lead

Jobtailor; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a driven Business Continuity professional to coordinate development, testing, and maintenance of our BCP program across the organization in Canada. You will plan tests, maintain documentation, support during events, and coordinate audits and reporting to management.

You will work with Disaster Recovery, IT and Compliance teams to ensure effective recovery strategies, perform risk assessments, and craft communication plans for ongoing continuity requirements and incidents.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of analytical experience in business impact analysis, risk assessments, strategy formulation, and testing.
• Experience developing and maintaining business continuity plans.
• Professional CBCP or FBCI certification is preferred.
• Post-secondary education required (3-year) or equivalent work experience.
• MS Office proficiency and knowledge of BC planning tools.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the development, maintenance, monitoring, and testing of the BCP program.
• Plan BCP tests, maintain documentation, and prepare corporate reporting.
• Support business during BCP events through logistics, communication, and resumption support.
• Coordinate divisional audits with external auditors and internal stakeholders.
• Produce monthly reporting to executives and management.
• Coordinate exercises and testing, including DR tests and tabletop scenarios.
• Maintain continuity documentation and systems (ENS, notification system).
• Collaborate with IT/Disaster Recovery to define recovery requirements.
• Prepare after-action analyses and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and implement communications strategies for ongoing requirements.
• Act as central information and communications coordinator for audit projects.

Skills

Analytical Experience

Risk Assessment

Strategy Formulation

Testing Methodologies

BCP Plan Development

Education

Post-secondary education

Tools

MS Office

LDRPS

ENS

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a driven Business Continuity professional to coordinate development, testing, and maintenance of our BCP program across the organization in Canada. You will plan tests, maintain documentation, support during events, and coordinate audits and reporting to management.

You will work with Disaster Recovery, IT and Compliance teams to ensure effective recovery strategies, perform risk assessments, and craft communication plans for ongoing continuity requirements and incidents.